THE EMERGENCE OF JUDY TAYLOR

“Incredibly droll, sensitive and intelligent. Not a word out of place.

Angela is a true writer and an extremely powerful and promising voice.” Bidisha
 

Angela Jackson was recently named one of UNESCO City of Literature’s emerging writers. In August 2010, she was invited to read from her first novel, THE EMERGENCE OF JUDY TAYLOR, at Edinburgh International Book Festival. Later that year, she accepted an award from Bidisha at Oxford Union for her short story, Poker Face, which will be published as part of an anthology in May 2012. In August 2011, she read at Edinburgh International Book Festival again.

In November 2011, she was thrilled to sign with leading literary and talent agency, United Agents. She is now represented by Anna Webber.

THE EMERGENCE OF JUDY TAYLOR centres around the eponymous Judy - a woman who decides to stop taking the path of least resistance and start making choices about her life. The book explores the themes of complex relationships, change, loss and what it means to belong to a place. The latter is very close to Angela’s heart as she spends many hours on trains commuting between her adopted home, Edinburgh, and her birthplace, the north of England.

She is a coach and a lecturer in psychology and education. Her research into music psychology has been covered by the national media, and her most recent paper was published in a peer reviewed journal in May 2011. Had she received funding for her PhD, she’d have been writing about music psychology now, instead of revelling in literary adventures. Phew!

She also used to run (and sing at) the Sunday night sessions every week at The Jazz Bar in Edinburgh.

She has written features for various newspapers including The Guardian and The Independent.